Axis Me No Questions… Axis Me No Questions…
George W. Bush's State of the Union address has laid bare his Administration's political strategy. It is to manipulate the grief, anger and patriotism inspired by September 11 to...
Feb 7, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
Enron Values Enron Values
There are no blue dresses to analyze in this one, or interns in berets to quiz. But make no mistake. The Enron scandal is the real thing--a window on the nexus of money and polit...
Feb 7, 2002 / The Editors
Enron? Nader Is Glad You Asked Enron? Nader Is Glad You Asked
Back in the spotlight, he condemns the trading of political favors for cash.
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Mormon Family Values Mormon Family Values
Facing the anguish of their gay son, the Hardys became accidental activists.
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Katherine Rosman
POWs in Legal Limbo POWs in Legal Limbo
It's safe to assume that the 150 or so Al Qaeda and Taliban militiamen now occupying those 6-by-8-foot cages in Guantánamo Bay are not sympathetic characters. It's also re...
Feb 7, 2002 / Bruce Shapiro
Bad Hair Day Bad Hair Day
We have reached the point that the idea of liberty, an idea relatively recent and new, is already in the process of fading from our consciences and our standards of morality, t...
Feb 7, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Liberator Released The Liberator Released
In the issue of January 4, 1866, The Nation--itself founded by a group of abolitionists--paid tribute to the final issue of William Lloyd Garrison's fiery anti-slavery newspaper,...
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Michele Willens
Indian Giving Indian Giving
"I see Native people dying every day because they can't afford health insurance," Elouise Cobell said over the phone in mid-January from Washington, DC, as she prepared to testi...
Feb 7, 2002 / Feature / Chris Lombardi
Letter From Pôrto Alegre Letter From Pôrto Alegre
PÔRTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL--In their last full day of discussion and debate, the thousands of delegates attending the World Social Forum were asking themselves not only what they...
Jan 31, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper